Improvement in gates



v. R. COLE.

GATE.

Patented Feb.22,,1'87,6.

WITNESSES ATW" mamas,

N.PETERS. PHOTQ-LITHOGRAPHER. WASHINGTON D C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

VAN RENSSELAER COLE, OF REEDTOWN, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN GATES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 173,906, dated February 22, 1876; application filed January 8, 1876.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, VAN RENSSELAER COLE, of Reedtown, in the" county of Seneca and State of Ohio, have invented anew and Improved Gate; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming part of this specification.

My invention is an improvement in the class of gates adapted to both slide and swing, the

panel or gate proper being arranged to slide on a frame, which is hinged to a post, in the ordinary way, so as to swing and carry the panel with it. The invention relates to the construction and arrangement of parts, as hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawing, Figures 1 and 2 are difierent side elevations of. the gate. Figs. 3 and 4 represent the hinge detached. Fig. 5 is a top-plan view of the latch-post.

The panel A is constructed of parallel, horizontal, and vertical bars, in the usual manner, except that the horizontal bars project at the front end thereof, to adapt them to enter a vertical groove or recess, a, in the latch-post B, whereby the gate is braced or held rigidly in a vertical position when closed. 0 is a triangular frame, which is attached to post D by hinges b, of peculiar construction, so as to turn on the post as a pivot. The bars composing said frame are secured together by .means ofa metal plate, 0, as shown, whereby sagging is effectually prevented. The hinges b are of inverted-T shape, the horizontal part thereof being provided with a laterally-projecting lug, which is perforated to receive the pintle of the pivot-hook. The vertical portion of the hinge is extended upward and bolted to a vertical bar, d, of the panel, as shown.

Friction-rollers E E are mounted on short freely on these rollers, and is held thereon by means of vertical bars 0' c, which are secured a r to the ends of the aforesaid journals or spindles, and project above and below the rollers, soas to bear against two adjacent bars of the gate. By removing pins 6 the aforesaid bars 0 may be readily detached and the gate adjusted higher-a. a, in place of the frictionrollers being between the second and third bars of the panel, as shown, they will be between the third and fourth. In this position the gate is adapted to swing freely over deep snow or snow-drifts, and to permit passage of small stock beneath it. The clasp-hook g at the bottom of the triangular frame holds the lower portion of the gate firmly against frame 0, without, however, hindering its being slid in either direction.

What I claim is r 1. The combination, with the frame 0 and panel A, having the cross-bars cl, of the inverted-T-shaped hinge, the latter being applied'as shown and described.

2. The vertical removable bars 0",. in combination with the rollers E and gate-panel A, said bars being arranged to bear against adjacent ,bars of the said panel, as shown and described.

VAN RENSSELAER COLE.

Witnesses: A

J. L. WILLIAMS, A. J. SALrERs. 

